Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2025 caused criticism and protests, but Yuval Raphael will make his debut on Thursday for the second semifinal and the survivor of October 7 is one of the favorites to qualify.
The 24 -year -old will go to the high -tech scene of SANKT Jakobshalle in Basel on Thursday to interpret The new day will rise (A new day will rise, in French). The one who survived just because he left the dead under a pile of corpses during the massacre perpetrated by Hamas wants to launch a universal message “of hope and solidarity.” It remains to be seen if the 6,500 spectators on the site and those who follow the program on the small screen.
Another fifteen candidates will continue to try to seize one of the ten places that remains to take to the final on Saturday, the world’s largest television musical event, capable of attracting between 160 and 200 million viewers. These are these spectators who will decide the destiny of the artists on Thursday.
The statistics of Betting Place Austria, Israel and Finland books among the great favorites for the second semifinal. Malta, Australia and Lithuania also have good “statistics.”
A small silent walk continued
In spite of the intensification of the war fought by Israel in Gaza, which has already made tens of thousands of deaths and the calls to its exclusion of Eurovision, including the champion of the title Nemo, the mobilization in Basel has been discreet until then, especially compared to the multitudes of Malmö in 2024.
The Palestinian flags and a banner that denounced “the genocide” were seen during the artist’s parade last Sunday.
Some 200 protesters also organized a silent march on Wednesday, May 14 on Wednesday, May 14, against Israel’s participation in the competition, on the eve of Nakba commemoration, the great catastrophe of the Palestinian Exodus in 1948.
10 countries selected for Saturday final
The Austrian JJ is Kaj’s great rival, who sings to Sweden, to take this 2025 edition on Saturday. Of love, Finnish Erika Vikman has to resell, but she is more physical. It is she who closes the show on Thursday and the temperature can increase from several notches, she Ich Komme celebrating orgasm.
Ireland literally comes with a UFO. Emmy, a Norwegian, dedicates the song to Laïka, a Soviet dog sacrificed to the space conquest at the bottom of the keyboard of the eighties. And then there is Laura Thorn and The doll increases sound For Luxembourg. Empt, Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Wax doll, Sonora doll.
Sweden is still the great favorite to win Eurovision, Austria is considered the closest opponent, followed by the Netherlands, France and Israel.
Source: BFM TV
